Ohio (5-19 overall, 3-6 Mid-American Conference) went on the road and built some momentum with a series victory over Bowling Green (6-14 overall, 3-6 MAC). Ohio has started its first year under head coach Andrew See poorly, but the pair of wins this weekend may be a sign that this group is turning a corner.
The Bobcats opened play on Friday evening with an effort that echoed the early-season struggles of this team, being shut out in a three-hit game. On the mound, Ohio ran out sophomore righty Luke Bryant for his sixth start of the season. Bryant would fire four innings against the Falcons, allowing five runs on three hits.
Bowling Green scored all five of those runs in the second inning. The first run crossed on a hit by pitch, which left the bases loaded for a grand slam from Sam Seidel. Bryant recovered for Ohio after this big inning, but was eventually replaced by senior left-handed pitcher Dillon Masters.
Trailing 5-0, Masters allowed a pair of runs in the sixth inning on an RBI triple by Andrew DiLodovico, who was then brought in from third on a groundout. Ohio now trailed by seven, but the bats never got rolling, being controlled all day by the Falcons Ethan Stade. He threw seven innings and struck out eight Bobcats.
Bowling Green went to the bullpen to close out Friday’s action and cap off a dominant 7-0 win to open the series, but the Ohio bats would not stay quiet as they headed into the rest of the weekend.
Saturday flipped the script for the Bobcats. Sophomore left-hander Hunter Winston threw 5.1 innings. He was incredibly efficient, only giving up three hits, as well as three walks. He found a ton of success when he got the Falcons to hit the ball on the ground, as he collected 10 groundouts.
Ohio did not waste this stellar outing on the mound as the offense got to work early, scoring four in the second inning. The scoring got started on an RBI double from junior outfielder Taylor Harris. This was followed by another double, this one from junior catcher Tyler Stack. The Bobcats kept hitting with an RBI triple from graduate student infielder Colton Shirley, and finally a sacrifice fly from senior outfielder Cam Hill.
The Bobcats added on another pair of runs in the fourth to give Winston some cushion on a double steal that scored Stack, and Shirley scored an unearned run on an error by Bowling Green to go up 6-0.
Ohio saw its hitters battle all day, and a couple of huge insurance runs were supplied in the seventh on a 2-run homerun by Harris to give three RBIs on the afternoon.
Freshman right-handed pitcher Mason Gass replaced Winston in the sixth. Gass has had a solid start to his college career, but struggled Saturday, allowing four runs on four hits. The big shot was a 3-run homerun in the bottom of the seventh by former Bobcat Pauly Mancino to cut the Ohio lead, but the homerun by Harris left a big enough cushion for Ohio.
See handed the ball to Masters for the second consecutive day. The senior was composed and tossed 2.2 innings of scoreless baseball that included four strikeouts to help shut the door and close out an 8-5 win for Ohio and set up a rubber match on Sunday.
The series finale saw Ohio trot out junior righty AJ Dallmayer to the mound to try to close out the weekend with a win. Dallmayer started strong but was chased from the game after three innings. The Falcons scored on an RBI single to shortstop and a hit by pitch.
Bowling Green added on to go up 3-0 on a walk to Mancino in the fifth, but that was when the scoring stopped for the Falcons, and the Bobcats' bats came to life.
The Bobcats erupted for a six-run sixth inning. The big inning had been something that hurt this group defensively this season. Senior infielder Dylan Shepherd got it started. He was followed by redshirt junior infielder Cam Bryant and junior outfielder Cameron Boyd. They all had an RBI single to make it 3-3.
Ohio kept scoring with an RBI groundout from senior infielder Reese Harmon and a 2-RBI double from Harris. Ohio added one more run on another RBI single from Shepherd.
Senior left-handed pitcher Landon Price came in to start the seventh inning and kept the Bowling Green bats quiet over the final three innings to help Ohio win its first series of the season. This group has certainly had its stumbles so far in the 2026 session, but this win could help point them in the right direction to close out MAC play.
